The HIVE: A huge immersive virtual environment for research in spatial cognition

Waller, David; Bachmann, E.R.; Hodgson, Eric; Beall, Andrew C.

doi:10.3758/bf03192976

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“…Some recent developments, such as the HIVE (huge immersive virtual environment; Waller, Bachmann, Hodgson, & Beall, 2007), feature portable, untethered equipment that enables users to move around in much larger spaces. Another type of fully immersive environment, such as the CAVE® (computer-assisted virtual environment; CruzNeira, Sandin, DeFanti, Kenyon, & Hart, 1992;Sutcliffe, Gault, Fernando, & Tan, 2006), involves the use of multiple cameras and projection screens in an enclosed room to give users the impression that they are surrounded by the VE.…”

Section: Hardware Setupsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Virtual Reality

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Bailenson

2009

Journal of Media Psychology

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In this article, we provide the nontechnical reader with a fundamental understanding of the components of virtual reality (VR) and a thorough discussion of the role VR has played in social science. First, we provide a brief overview of the hardware and equipment used to create VR and review common elements found within the virtual environment that may be of interest to social scientists, such as virtual humans and interactive, multisensory feedback. Then, we discuss the role of VR in existing social scientific research. Specifically, we review the literature on the study of VR as an object, wherein we discuss the effects of the technology on human users; VR as an application, wherein we consider real-world applications in areas such as medicine and education; and VR as a method, wherein we provide a comprehensive outline of studies in which VR technologies are used to study phenomena that have traditionally been studied in physical settings, such as nonverbal behavior and social interaction. We then present a content analysis of the literature, tracking the trends for this research over the last two decades. Finally, we present some possibilities for future research for interested social scientists.Virtual reality (VR) was originally conceived as a digitally created space that humans could access by donning sophisticated computer equipment (Lanier, 1992;Rheingold, 1991;Sutherland, 1968). Once inside that space, people could be transported to a different world, a substitute reality in which one could interact with objects, people, and environments, the appearance of which were bound only by the limits of the human imagination. Images of people in bulky headgear, heavily wired gloves, and space age clothing became symbolic of the emergent technological revolution of computing and the possibilities of transforming the capabilities of the human mind and body. Futurists heralded VR as an imminent transition in the ways humans would experience media, communicate with one another, and even perform mundane tasks. In the early nineties, pioneering scientists began considering new ways this groundbreaking technology could be used to study social interaction and other psychological phenomena (Bente, 1989; Biocca 1992a,b;Loomis, 1992). In subsequent years, VR has continued to capture the imagination of scientists, philosophers, and artists for its ability to substitute our physical environment and our sensory experiences -what we understand as reality -with digital creations.In the current paper, we seek to provide the reader not familiar with virtual reality technology with a fundamental understanding of its components and provide all readers with a comprehensive analysis of the role VR has played in social science. First, we define the nature of virtual reality and virtual environments. Next, we present an overview, designed for the nontechnical reader, of the hardware and equipment used to create virtual reality. Then, we discuss the history of VR research in the social sciences. From this literature, we delineate three ...

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Section: Hardware Setupsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Virtual Reality

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Bailenson

2009

Journal of Media Psychology

295

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“…Studies on real-world navigation have many limitations. Changes in real-world environments are often beyond experimenters' control, and it can be difficult, time-consuming, and sometimes impossible to conduct controlled experiments in real-world environments that address the implications of human navigation (Waller et al 2007). A VR system, which can overcome these limitations, is considered effective for conducting these studies.…”

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“…The term of 'virtual reality (VR)' was initially proposed by Jaron Lanier and now is a fundamental technology in different areas, such as the automotive industry, architecture, medical training and education (Waller et al 2007, Ragan et al 2012. VR systems can model either an imaginary world or a real world in virtual environments (Bouras et al 2012, Martens andAntonenko 2012).…”

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The development of a panorama manifestation virtual reality system for navigation and a usability comparison with a desktop system

Meng

Zhang

Yang

2013

Behaviour & Information Technology

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The virtual reality (VR) system has become popular in the last two decades and is being applied increasingly to navigation studies. This study developed a panorama manifestation (PM) VR system, with six monitors forming a circular display and an interactive chair equipped with rotation sensors and operating knobs. The advantages of the PM system include a large circular display, a body-centred design, body engagement and a low set-up cost. Based on navigation experimental tasks, this system's usability was compared with that of a typical desktop (DT) system. The results showed that participants using the PM system had a significantly higher success rate and required less completion time than participants using the DT system, indicating that the PM system outperforms the DT system in terms of effectiveness and efficiency in some navigation tasks, and also suggesting that the PM system may require lower spatial cognition workload in the navigation tasks. However, the participants' subjective evaluations of task difficulty (TD) failed to reach significance although the PM group did report a lower mean value for TD. Additionally, in the PM system, the participants' spatial ability was more predictive to their navigation performance than that in the DT system, indicating that the PM system offered greater usability for some spatial experiments and could provide more support for participants' navigation tasks.

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“…[5,15]. While these large spaces are conducive to physical locomotion due to their size, these spaces have finite limits and boundaries which may differ from the virtual environments which are being portrayed.…”

Section: Previous Workmentioning

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Sharing and Stretching Space with Full Body Tracking

Krum

Suma

Bolas

2011

Whole Body Interaction

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New opportunities emerge when mixed reality environments are augmented with wide field of view displays and full body, realtime tracking. Such systems will allow users see a correctly tracked representation of themselves in the virtual environment, and allow users to "share space" with other virtual humans in the virtual environment. Furthermore, such systems will be able to use tracking data to identify opportunities when a user's perception of the environment can be altered. This would be helpful in situations where redirection or reorientation of the user might be done to "stretch space," i.e. imperceptibly rotating the environment around the user, so that a straight-line walk becomes a curve, preventing the user from ever encountering walls in the physical space. We believe that allowing users to co-inhabit virtual spaces with virtual humans and decoupling physical size constraints from these virtual spaces are two important building blocks for effective mixed reality training experiences.

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The HIVE: A huge immersive virtual environment for research in spatial cognition

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